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In October she sold a PlayStation games console to raise money to pay her rent. The defendant became angry and they fought.

“It included him hitting her with a clothes horse,” said Ms Drake.

The victim was left with bruises.

A couple of days after the incident Davis made threats to a man who knew his partner. By this time the relationship had broken down but he was angry at the man for spreading rumours about the pair, the court was told.

He was shouting and arguing and at one point a knife was seen in his hand.

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Judge Geoffrey Mercer QC said: “You’ve now been in prison for some six weeks which is your first taste of custody and I think that’s enough by way of immediate imprisonment and I hope it will be your last in prison.”

Davis was jailed for six months, suspended for 12 months; told to complete 150 hours of unpaid work and 20 days on an Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.